Walking Classroom 147: Meteorology Comprehension Quiz

A meteorologist studies

• meteors and stars

• the atmosphere

• measurement

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Rain falls to the earth because

• water droplets inside the clouds become too heavy to stay in the air and fall down.

• the sun warms up the clouds and they begin to melt.

• water is constantly entering the air, and that air cannot move.

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How do temperature changes and currents cause our weather patterns to shift?

• Polar regions that normally get the most sun on the planet sometimes get least

• cold air rises and draws in more along with it; warm air pushes other air away

• the air moves in different ways and distributes the suns heat across the Earth.

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A current has

• movement and flow

• explosiveness

• a lack of motion

Which of the following is a FACT about our weather system?

• We see lightning after hearing thunder because light travels slower than sound.

• Negative and positive charges of electricity in the air repel each other.

• Thunder is created when holes in the air created by lightning collapse.

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What would someone likely need to know before they accurately predicted the weather?

• how to interpret computer models, satellite images, and radar

• how to look at the sun and the speed and direction it travels

• whether or not animal activity had changed

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Why would farmers be affected by weather patterns?

• They don’t want it to ever rain because then they have to stay indoors.

• They raise animals that could suffer if they are exposed to sunshine.

• They need enough rain for their crops to grow.

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If living things don’t have enough water, they can still be healthy and thrive.

• true

• false

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If it is raining or snowing out, you won’t be able to exercise.

• true

• false

During a storm,

• loud thunder noises are caused by lightning hitting the earth

• electrically charged clouds create lightning

• lighting occurs, but it is sometimes not visible to the human eye

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